The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-06
GOVERNOR OGLESBY.
The Eyes of the Nation Cen
tered on Him.
HE Is BEsIEGED BY REPORTERS
Clemency and others Urging
Execution of the Law.
The Anarchists.


The Anarchists
CHICAGO, November 5.-An extraor-
binary communication, signed by
Spies, Schwab and Fielden,
DIsAvowING AGGRESSIVE FORCE"
and deploring the loss of life at the
Haymarket, was given out tonight for
publication. 1t is addressed TO Gov
ernor Oglesby, and is to be forwarded
to him with the formal petition for
clkmency. The guarded wording of
the document is as notable as its matter,
particularly as this is the first express
sion of the kind any OF the con-
sons, it is understood, acquiesces
in its contents, and will address
a separate letter of his own to the
Governor, embodying the same ideas.
Lingg, Engel and Fischer stesdfastly
refuse, however, to 60 on record with
any such declaration. Following is the
| letter in full:
" Governor Richard OgLesby, Springfield,
H.:
Sjr-In order that the truth may be
known by you and the public you repre-
sent, we desire to state that we never
advocated the use of force, exception
case of self defence. To accuse us Of
having attempted to overthrow law and
government on May 4th, 1885 or at
any other time, is false as it IS absurd.
Whatever we said or did was said and
done publicly.
We HAVE NEVER CONsPIE %
or plotted to commit an unlawful act.
While we attacked the present social
arrangements in writing ard speech,
and attacked their iniquites, we have
never Conspired or plotted 10 commit
an unlawful act. While we attacked
the present social arrangements in
writing and speech, and exposed their
iniquities, we have never consciously
broken any laws So far from having
planned the killing of any body at the
Haymarket, or anywhere else, the very
object of the meeting was to protest
against the commission of murder.
! We believe it to be our duty as The
friends of labor and liberty, to oppose
any other use of force than is
necessary in defense of sacred
rights against unlawful attacks. Ali
our efforts have been in the direction OF
elevating mankind, and to remove, as
much as possible, the cause Of crime in
society.
OUR LABoE WAS UNsELFIsH.
No motives Of personal gain or ambi-
ton prompted rs. Thousands and
thousands will bear testimony to this.
We may have erred at times in our
Judgment Yes, W. may have loved
mankind, not wisely, but too we'll" If,
in the excitement OF the propagation
of our views we were led into express
sions which caused workingmen to
think the aggressive force was proper
instrument of reform, we regret it. We
deplore the loss of life at the Haymar-
ket and at McCormick's, at st. Louis
and at the Chicago stoCkyards.
Yours respectfully,
A. SPIES,
MICHAEL SCHWAB,
SAMUEL FIELDEN.
New YoRK, November 5.ZReverend
Father Huntington, Protestant cler-
gyman, has written letter to District
Assembly 40, Knights of Labor, of the
Central Labor Union, IN reply to the
request for him to go to Springfield and
make personal petition to Governor
0glesby for a reprle7e from death for
the seven condemned men in Chicago.
He says, in part: My office as priest
units me to act as your representative.
Although | am a member of District
Assembly 40, and | feel that merely
personal visit to Governor Oglesby
would be of little avail, l desire re-
prieVe from death for the condemned
men,
NOT on THE GROUND OF ANY INJUSTICE
in the sentence, but on behalf of very
large portion of the community which
obtain but scant opportunity to record
its opinion, but which. while steadily
opposing the doctrines and methods of
the Anarchists, yet believes this verdict
to have been rendered without sufficient
evidence aud in the interests of the
present holders OF wealth and power
THE INTEREST AT SPRINGFIELD.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, November 5.-The
interest in the Anarchist case at the
capitol is approaching fever heat, and
every move of Governor Oglesby is
watched with the most intense interest
A small army of newspaper correspond
ents have been besieging his Office, and
to them he said, to-day: 81 have re
solved to say nothing about the matter.
Ii talked to the press at all, I might
say something unguardedly that / did
not mean, or | might be misunderstood
by you enterprising gentlemen; hence,
with fairness to all. must refuse to re-
ply to any questions regarding the An
archist matter. u
The Governors mail to-day was
larger than it has yet been. l.
was said it contained a communi-
cation from Colonel Z. u. Inge rsoll in
behalf Of the condemned men, but the
truth Of this could not be learned. Ger.
tain 1t is, however, that eminent men
throughout the country have either
signed petitions or written the gov
ernor, asking olemency. On the other
hand, it IS said, on apparently good au
thority, that the mails are bringing